ebbs in English

noun

1

the movement of the tide out to sea.

I knew the tide would be on the ebb

synonyms: receding, retreat, subsiding

verb

1

(of tidewater) move away from the land; recede.

the tide began to ebb

synonyms: recede, go out, retreat, flow back, fall back/away, subside

2

(of an emotion or quality) gradually lessen or reduce.

my enthusiasm was ebbing away

synonyms: abatement, subsiding, easing, dying down, de-escalation, decrease, decline, diminution, diminish, dwindle, wane, fade away, peter out, decline, flag, let up, decrease, weaken, disappear

noun

receding, retreat, subsiding
abatement, subsiding, easing, dying down, de-escalation, decrease, decline, diminution
wane, ebbing
reflux

verb

recede, diminish, ebb away
recede, go out, retreat, flow back, fall back/away, subside
diminish, dwindle, wane, fade away, peter out, decline, flag, let up, decrease, weaken, disappear
ebb away

Use "ebbs" in a sentence

1. When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans.

2. The new Russia steadily ebbs away drive out of Moscow.

3. Synonyms for Abates include decreases, declines, diminishes, subsides, dwindles, eases, lessens, ebbs, wanes and fades

4. Backflips: Sudden spring of stories ArtsWatch Weekly: As the Covid crisis ebbs and flows, arts & culture find fresh form – and Oregon stories arrive in a rush

5. It indicates the contrast between the Autarchic Chinese civilization that survived, despite internal ebbs and flows, for several millennia, until starting to succumb during the 19th century to foreigners, imposed by force, culminating in the importation of the Marxist ideology, and its fanatical destruction of Chinese tradition epitomized by the Cultural Revolution.